Tara Camogie 7s Tournament 2014 - Saturday 26th April

On April 26th Tara Camogie Club London hosted their eight annual camogie 7s tournament in Greenford, London. The first tournament took place in 2006 and the tournament has been going strong ever since. It was a great way to kick off the Camogie season following on from the Birmingham tournament back in March. Tara are delighted to host this tournament every year and it is great that teams travel from Ireland, Birmingham and London to partake.

Holycross Ballycahill of Tipperary attended for the sixth time whilst Castletara of Cavan entered two teams, with a total of 45 people travelling over for a long weekend away. All London and Birmingham teams entered the Junior and Senior competitions

With an early start Saturday morning it was all hands on decks as teams turned up bright and early for registration. It was lovely to see the sun come out as excitement was brewing for a great day of games ahead. The standard was very high in both the junior and senior competitions.

The Senior Cup Final was an all-London affair with Getjar cup holders and hosts Tara playing Fr Murphys. Whilst it was a much tighter game in the earlier rounds, Tara won 7-4 to 1-6. Captain Caroline Kelly accepted the cup from sponsor Sean Masterson, who has sponsored this category since 2006. Taras Angela Kenneally won Senior Player of the Tournament, also sponsored by Getjar and voted on by the referees.
Croydon beat Castletara to win the Senior Plate final which was sponsored by Cara Personnnel. Elaine Dunphy excelled in that game.

Tara Junior team beat local rivals Pearses in the Junior Cup final, with both teams having won out their preliminary groups. Sinead Kehoe of Tommy Flynns Alperton was on hand to present Tara captain Joni Traynor the Junior cup; whilst Taras Emer Kelly picked up the Junior Player of the Tournament award. Green Isles beat John Mitchells of Birmingham in the Junior Plate competition and the Plate was presented to captain Suzanne White by Maurice Carr of Tir Chonaill Park.

Tara Camogie Club would like to thank all that helped prepare for the 7s and all that helped on the day. To Maurice Carr, Michael Mullins and Sean Campbell of TGC for preparing the pitches and goals; to all the referees including Beano Collins, Tom Tighe, David Dowd, Alan Smyth, Rita O Mahoney, Elaine Dunphy, Noelle Devlin, Denise Gilligan, Helen Murphy, Geraldine Mulvanny and Denis Neenan. To Getjar, Cara Personnel & Tommy Flynns many thanks for your continued sponsorship and finally to all the 13 teams that entered the 7s and helped celebrate 110 years of The Camogie Association

Click below to view the album 2014

Tournament Preview 2014

This will be the clubs eighth tournament having their first in 2006 on their 20th Anniversary. Holycross Ballycahill of Tipperary attended that first tournament and are back again for the sixth time. They have collected a fair amount of silverware along the way including the Getjar Senior Cup twice and Siobhan Ryan & Noreen Flanagan have both picked up Player of the Tournament Awards. This year they are sending a more "mature" bunch of players. Mags Shanahan is returning to Holycross after playing in Toronto for 2 years and they welcome back Sinead O'Dwyer & Denise Browne from retirement. Holycross is also represented in the Tara club by Ann Gleeson who has competed in several tournaments against her sister Sarah. The club are represented at county level with 4 girls on the u16 team and 1 player in the u18 team. The club currently graded at Junior A in Tipperary are captained by Linda Fanning and under the watchful eye of Mags Fanning. This group are always a competition favourite.

A 45-strong group from Castletara, Cavan are fielding 2 teams at the Tournament. The club was established in 1966 and it is local to the Ballyhaise/Castletara area. The playing peak for the Club was back in the 1990's at both Senior and Junior League and Championship Level. The Club also have a very enthusiastic underage strategy encouraging young players from national school towards competition level.

Tara Camogie Club will host an eighth Camogie 7s competition on Saturday 26th April 2014.

This is a one-day event with Registration at 10.15am on Saturday morning. First games at 11am sharp.

We will have Cup and Plate competitions at both Junior and Senior grades.

The tournament is 7-a-side with maximum 3 subs allowed.

Irish teams will be graded as senior.

Presentations will take place in the Clubhouse during the evening followed by a nights entertainment.

Contact Sheila for further information at sheila.fernandes@talk21.com on 07771 957 341

All players welcome

Tara Camogie Club, London have both JUNIOR & SENIOR and we welcome players of all standards, from beginners to All-Stars. So if you fancy taking up or returning to camogie then get in touch

T: +44 (0) 777 1957 341

E: camogielondon@gmail.com

Tara Camogie 7s

Our Annual Camogie 7s competition will be held on Saturday 7th Arpil 2018. If your Club may be interested in attending do contact us for more details.

T: +44 (0) 777 1957 341

E: camogielondon@gmail.com

Tara Picture History

We have put together a site for photos Through the Years. This will be an ongoing project so if you have any photos, particulary of the early years, do send them onto us and we will add them. Its great to look back at all the perms and innocent fun

www.taracamogielondon.smugmug.com

FIXTURES & RESULTS

All Britain Camogie Results 2017

Senior Championship Camogie 2017

Tara retain the Senior Cup beating Croydon 1-13 v 11-5

Intermediate Championship Camogie 2017

John Mitchells of Birmingham beat Tara intermediates. Final held at Pairc na hEireann with an Opening Cermony which included bagpipes and parade